Chapter 7 Negotiations at gunpoint

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From the first shot outside the door to the current calm of the Place de la Concorde, the blackmailed parliamentarians have no way of knowing what is really going on outside.

It wasn't until Napoleon re-entered the conference room unharmed that Favre's face changed.

Originally, Simon led the republican populace to storm the Bourbon Palace and force all parties to compromise and establish a Third Republic. But he did not expect that Napoleon solved the crisis with excellent means, and also turned the gun and aimed it at all the parliamentarians.

I'm afraid that he is even tougher than the emperor's methods back then, at least the other party still respects the opinion of the parliament a little. However, in the eyes of this demon, the opinion of the parliamentarians is only a dispensable thing.

"Please be quiet and sit in your seat. Every Spencer has seven bullets in the chamber, and I don't want you to have no less than seven bullet holes in you. ”

Napoleon's words silenced everyone present, and although the parliamentarians present expressed their indignation at his brutal restrictions on the freedom of life, at least no one dared to call him a liar posing as the Emperor.

The Bonapartist had subconsciously regarded Napoleon as their own, after all, he had the exact same face as the emperor. As long as they deliberately fanned among the people and molded into the reincarnated emperor, they were able to quickly gather a group of loyal forces.

However, Napoleon did not seem to have any interest in the olive branch they tossed, and simply placed the revolver on the table and removed the white gloves worn on his hands.

"As you can see, the Blanquists rejected the bourgeois republicans, at least temporarily."

Napoleon said sarcastically, "You don't see the situation clearly at all, democracy is just a slogan deliberately instigated by a small group of you for your own conspiracy, the French people don't need democracy, they just need a strong central group government, a strong national leader, to guarantee the inviolability of their property, the Revolution began with liberal democracy and ended with the First Imperial monarchy, it's not that the people of Paris don't love the revolution enough." During the First Empire, I was able to calmly deal with the thousands of troops of the enemy country, and I did not dare to raise taxes on Paris easily, why? ”

The people present looked at each other.

Napoleon's famous quote was remembered only by Thiers.

"Because the riots in Paris will be far more than you can imagine."

By this time, the conference room had become Napoleon's home turf, and he was like a skilled cook, calmly dismembering the most fragile souls of the Republicans and royalists.

Napoleon made a gesture of invitation to General Trochu.

Trochu nodded, took over the home field from Napoleon, and spoke, "To get to the point, I personally support a republican system, but the name of France must be the French Third Empire, not the Third Republic." ”

"A republic in the garb of an empire."

The sudden change overwhelmed everyone.

But Napoleon analyzed the situation in Paris very clearly, insisting on the imperial system without appeasing the people would only allow the situation to slide in an unpredictable direction, and it was better to push the boat and establish a highly centralized central government in the name of the republic, rather than a passive, mutually compromising Third Republic.

Thiers looked at the short man sitting opposite him and said-for-tat, "If it weren't for the name of the republic, then this revolution would be meaningless." The people will not trust our cabinet. Then the people of Paris will be another revolution. ”

"We no longer have the capital to challenge the patience and bottom line of the citizens of Paris, and we don't want another big riot by those 'pantsless men'."

The speaker of the Legislative Council watched nervously at the game in front of him, with Trochu on one side and the republicans who almost had the government's appeal list on the other, both sides of which were at odds with each other.

Stupidity.

Blindness and short-sightedness make these idiots fail to realize that the most pressing issue in France is not whether it is a republic or not.

"As I said, the people of Paris are at heart a ferocious beast, and they don't care if France is a republic or an empire, they don't even care if it's an empire or a republic. As soon as you encroach on their interests, you will show your sharp claws. How long has it been since the tragedy of Louis XVI's beheading. Instead of dwelling on the names of countries, it is better to think about how other people would think of us if a republic appeared in almost all of the European continent powers, and if a republic appeared. ”

Then Napoleon took the cups placed on the table, gathered them together, and picked out one of them to put aside.

The cups that were picked out were particularly eye-catching.

"In their eyes, the Paris of the Republic is a heresy of the monarchy, damned heretics, at least the Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia, who is ready to be crowned, can still gain their sympathy, so why should the monarchs lend a hand to a powerful heresy? And you have set a bad example for the countries of all Europe, which is to encourage their people to stand up and overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic. So the title of the Third Reich at least reduces the nerves that irritate the monarchs. ”

Originally, the historical resentment of the republic was only an excuse for the European monarchs to refuse to aid France, and they all sat back and hoped that Paris would be more unlucky, until the Paris defense government quickly surrendered to Bismarck, and these people, especially the British, realized the seriousness of the matter.

Moreover, almost all of Europe's monarchs were related to the Habsburgs, and the pressure on Wilhelm and Bismarck in the late Franco-Prussian War can be imagined.

At this time, Napoleon pointed out the most crucial problem, and if they supported the republic, they would offend the monarchs of other countries. Moreover, the Second Empire, which adhered to an independent national policy, had offended almost all the major European countries before, and the ability to take the third to death was even better than that of the big Bobo.

Favre was about to speak back, but the muzzles of the soldiers around him raised an inch.

He obediently shut his mouth, realizing that this was a negotiation at gunpoint, and that the sword of Damox hanging from their heads would fall at any moment.

Napoleon, still smiling lightly, threw out the next question.

"So no one should have any opinion on the title of the Third Reich, right?"

Hell, of course there is no opinion, who would dare to express his opinion at gunpoint.

But at least the republican system was preserved, and the members of the republican faction breathed a sigh of relief.

But they found themselves relieved too soon.

"Alright, next one. Since it was decided to adopt a republican system, the relationship between the president and Congress, as well as the term of office of the president, I propose that the president should serve a term of eight years, with a maximum of two consecutive terms. The President appoints and dismisses the Prime Minister and approves the Ministers nominated by the Prime Minister; Presided over the Cabinet Meeting, the Supreme Defence Council and the National Defence Council. the power to dissolve Parliament, but not twice in a year; Certain important bills may be submitted to a referendum without going through Parliament; In times of emergency, the President has full authority to take the necessary measures as the situation requires. In the event of the President's inability to perform his office or a vacancy, the President of the Senate shall exercise the functions of the President on an interim basis, and only when the previous President has not nominated the next President, the members of Congress and the people shall re-vote. We need to make a list of temporary cabinet members, and I want General Trochu, the governor of Paris, to be the interim president of France. ”

Napoleon finally revealed his idea, he made a move first, so as not to let Paris fall into the hands of a bunch of fools.

Gan Bida was impatient to gain the initiative, "I now have a list of interim cabinets in my hands. ”

"No need."

Napoleon waved his hand and said a 'bad news' in a flat tone, "General Trochu has drawn up a list of provisional cabinets, and is now ready to go to the town hall to read it in front of the people of Paris." ”

Everyone else looked at each other, and Ganbi clenched his fists and tried to curse, but at least for now they had no choice but to temporarily succumb to Napoleon's coercion and wait until the end of the parliament to make another plan.

Obviously, they underestimated the emperor's means again, and the next words made everyone stunned.

"Since Paris advocates democracy, freedom and equality, I am sure you have no opinion on my subject. By the way, just ten minutes ago we had sent someone to the town hall to read out the establishment of the republican form of government, and to announce the list of General Trochu as interim president and cabinet, so there is no need to bother you to make small moves behind your back. ”

Napoleon smiled slightly, looked at the Republican parliamentarians in front of him, and then defiantly took off his hat in salute.

"Long live the Republic."